Prime Minister Viktor Orban will take centuries Putin in February, despite the EU's decision not to hold regular bilateral meetings With the Russian President, says.

according to the newspaper, about the fact that centuries Putin will arrive in Hungary on 17 February With a working visit, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Hungary Peter Siarto in an interview to the Hungarian radio. According to him, among those who will be affected by the energy security of Europe and the Ukrainian conflict.

From the position of the EU, the Russian President's visit will cause a " mixed reaction ". The journal emphasizes that the decision to abandon "any regular bilateral meetings" was adopted by the European Council in March last year. Since then, relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated.

However, Hungarian diplomatic sources downplay the importance of this prohibition, highlights magazine. For example, they refer to the fact that most EU leaders still continue to meet With Vladimir Putin.

the staff of the foreign Ministry cite a few examples: in June of last year, the Federal Chancellor of Austria Werner Faymann has invited the President of the Russian Federation in Austria, the head of Finland Sauli Niinist? discussed With him bilateral relations, arrived on a visit to Sochi in the last month of summer. The head of the French Republic Francois Hollande met at the Moscow airport "Vnukovo" in the beginning of winter.
The EU recalls that Viktor Orban had entered a sharp criticism of the sanctions of the West against Russia. In addition, he expressed disagreement With the EU's attempts to prevent the construction of South stream.

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